Quotations

Design Drawing by Francis D.K. Ching and Steven P. Juroszek

1.) " Only a very small area of the retina is capable of distinguishing fine detail. Our eyes must therefore continually scan an object and its environment to see it in its entirety. When we look at something, what we see is actually constructed from a rapid succession of interconnected retinal images." pg. 4
               
               Everyday we see a countless number of images and our eyes are working constantly to provide clear and detailed images. it's crazy to think that even if we see something for a split second we are not able to see detail because it takes multiple retinal images to be able to create a bigger picture.


2.) " Through familiarity, we tend to pass over things we confront and use everyday without really seeing them." pg. 6

                Imagine if we saw every object and every line, curve, even the difference in shade and little detail. this would take us all day to get through one entire room or we would be able to move through life at a faster pace.


3.) " The process of contour drawing suppresses the symbolic abstraction we normally are use to represent things. Instead, it compels us to pay close attention, look carefully and to experience a subject with both our visual and tactile sense." pg. 18

                 After having experienced contour drawing for the first time in my life I now realize how many aspects you have to look at. When drawing any object you are forced to recognize its outer edges, shadows, the spacing around the object and much more. This causes one to decided on how much detail and effort will go into a drawing.